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Quaker comment on EU referendum
Britain Yearly Meeting has made a statement on the EU referendum. The statement expressed concern that the outcome of the EU referendum and the campaigning that led up to it had ‘shown up and sometimes exacerbated divisions within and between our communities’.
QCEA reaction to referendum result
The Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) has highlighted the importance of Quaker values in the wake of the result of the EU referendum.
Step forward for peace education in Zimbabwe
The Quaker charity Friends of Hlekweni has joined with a number of other charities and faith groups in a peace education pilot project in Zimbabwe.
Refugee Week 2016: Different pasts, shared future
Refugee Week 2016 took place across Britain between 20 and 26 June. This year it celebrated acts of welcome shown to refugees by individuals and communities across the United Kingdom and Europe. Friends were among those who took part.
Being and doing
Quakers from Belgium and Luxembourg held their residential Yearly Meeting in Maldegem Youth Hostel, between Bruges and Ghent, from 10-12 June.
Leap looks back at 2015
Leap Confronting Conflict, the national youth charity founded and supported by Friends, has published its 2015 impact report.
Launch of peace festival at Sidcot
The first ever Festival of Peace held by Sidcot School, the Quaker school in Somerset, attracted more than 300 visitors.
Learning through peace
Britain Yearly Meeting staff were among those who led sessions at a national conference for primary schools on peace education, which was held on Friday 24 June at Friends House.
Friends attend WCC event in Norway
Five Quakers were present in different capacities at the World Council of Churches (WCC) Central Committee meeting in Trondheim, Norway from 22-28 June. The Friends were able to meet with a local Quaker for Sunday worship.
Friends witness at Eurosatory
Peace activists from across the world gathered in Paris last week to protest at Europe’s largest arms fair, Eurosatory. Friends were among them.